About this program

A weekly conversation about politics and current events, international affairs, history, art, books, and the natural world, to illuminate the issues faced by society and explore them in new ways.

About the Presenter: Amy Mullins is a broadcaster, board member, historian, and speaker. Amy is the presenter of Uncommon Sense on Melbourne's Triple R FM. She is also a Member of the Ministerial Council on Women’s Equality (Victorian Government), and was the Executive Director of the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia for over four years.

Interview requests for Uncommon Sense to: dylanb[at]rrr.org.au If your request is for this radio program, please indicate this in your email.

LISTEN: Australia's first music thanatologist Peter Roberts and filmmaker Farshid Akhlagi, on their documentary From Music Into Silence and Peter's life-calling to play the harp for the sick and dying (April 30)

LISTEN: Karen Jones, philosopher in ethics at the University of Melbourne on the philosophy of trust (August 14)

LISTEN: Barry Jones, public intellectual and former Minister for Science in the Hawke government, spoke about what’s wrong with our political parties and system, plus his and Malcolm Fraser's big idea to solve it (August 28)